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The federal Department of Justice says $12.5 million should be paid to victims of racially biased investigations by LA County and the cities of Lancaster and Palmdale. In the Antelope Valley, thousands of low-income families use federal housing subsidies - known as Section 8.

Some of those residents sued housing authority investigators and other officials for targeting them unfairly in compliance checks. The lawsuit claimed officials "declare[d] 'war' on black and Latino families." The Justice Department agreed that the LA Sheriff's Department and others systematically discriminated against residents. Now, there are negotiations over a dollar-figure for restitution.